Iran charges 10 over plane crash, Canadians unconvinced
In Ottawa, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he was “tremendously concerned about the lack of accountability” from Iran about the disaster.
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Canadians mourn crash victims, in January 20121, a year after Ukraine plane was downed by Iranian Revolutionary Guards. (AFP)
DUBAI - Iran has indicted 10 officials over the shooting-down of a Ukrainian passenger plane in January 2020 which killed all 176 people on board, a military prosecutor said on Tuesday.
In a report published last month, Iran’s civil aviation body blamed the crash on a misaligned radar and an error by an air defence operator. Ukraine and Canada, home to many of those who died, criticised the report as insufficient.
Nonprofit involved with 1,400 California schools accused of fraud, under investigation in Canada
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A well-known international nonprofit that s promoted service work to more than 400,000 California students and has been highly endorsed by Gov. Gavin Newsom is being investigated in Canada.
A Parliamentary committee investigating WE Charity held a hearing Thursday about the nonprofit s business dealings. The charity became scrutinized after receiving a $900 million COVID contract in June to oversee a student service grant in Canada intended to help students with volunteering.
A similar program already existed. We all stopped and said wait. what? said Charlie Angus, a Canadian member of Parliament, who sits on a committee investigating WE Charity for the past eight months.
Military standoff with Russia possible - Ukrainian presidential deputy chief of staff 2 min read
Ukraine should expect a military standoff with Russia, considering the relevant information of Ukrainian security agencies, presidential deputy chief of staff Ihor Zhovkva said. Alas, we should [expect a military standoff]. So to say, the relevant Ukrainian agencies have such information. We are using their information in our work and relay it to our partners. For instance, since the moment the situation near the Ukrainian border started to escalate, Ukrainian President [Volodymyr] Zelensky has had phone calls with U.S. President Joseph Biden, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Zhovkva said in an interview with the LB.ua media outlet published on Friday.
FILE - In this Wednesday June 24, 2015 file photo, Britain s Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip travel by boat on the Spree river in Berlin, Germany. Buckingham Palace officials say Prince Philip, the husband of Queen Elizabeth II, has died, it was announced on Friday, April 9, 2021. He was 99. Philip spent a month in hospital earlier this year before being released on March 16 to return to Windsor Castle. Philip, also known as the Duke of Edinburgh, married Elizabeth in 1947 and was the longest-serving consort in British history. (Hannibal Hanschke/Pool Photo via AP, File)
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1of51Flags fly at half-staff on the Sydney Harbour Bridge in Sydney as a tribute to Prince Philip, Saturday, April 10, 2021. Buckingham Palace officials say Prince Philip, the husband of Queen Elizabeth II, has died. He was 99. Philip spent a month in hospital earlier this year before being released on March 16 to return to Windsor Castle. )Mark Baker/APShow MoreShow Less
2of51FILE - In this Nov. 18, 2007 file photo, Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh at Broadlands. Prince Philip, the irascible and tough-minded husband of Queen Elizabeth II who spent more than seven decades supporting his wife in a role that both defined and constricted his life, has died, Buckingham Palace said Friday, April 9, 2021. He was 99. (Fiona Hanson/PA via AP, File)Fiona Hanson/APShow MoreShow Less